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Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz
… project: Ella Fitzgerald and Racial Discrimination Billie Holiday and the song, “Strange Fruit” Josephine Baker, the …
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Jazz Beyond Borders: Jazz Appreciation Month 2019
… lasting contributions of jazz icons Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, …
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Dr. King's Dream
… Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. , by D.A. Adler (New York: Holiday House, 1989) offers an accessible overview of King's …
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What Masks Reveal
… make masks for an appropriate occasion in their lives -- a holiday, a birthday, a personal milestone, a family event -- …
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
… a Halloween classic, although few Americans celebrated that holiday when the story was new. In this unit, students …
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Frontiers on the Big Screen
… in Hewes’ letter:   Interactions with Native Americans  Holidays and celebrations   People moving across the …
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Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: Leadership and a Global Stage
… the presidency of South Africa in 1994, Mandela renamed the holiday  “Reconciliation Day.” He, too, knew the …
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“Amazing Whales!” A Read-Aloud Informational Text
… Piccadilly Press, 2003 Gibbons, Gail. Whales . New York: Holiday House, 1993 Hodge, Judith. Whales (Animals of the …
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Lesson 1: FDR's Fireside Chats: The Power of Words
… making. They should focus on: The key elements of the bank holiday he has announced. Specific examples of how he …
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Lesson 2: The Monroe Doctrine: President Monroe and the Independence Movement in South America
… in 1807. On May 25, 1810 (May 25 is the Argentine national holiday), revolutionists, acting nominally in favor of the …
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
… Erecting a statue or monument Declaring an annual national holiday Using primary sources as evidence, students will …
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History in Quilts
… Resource Library (Chile -- Children's Literature and Holidays and Celebrations -- Children's Literature found …
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Thornton Wilder's Our Town: The Reader as Writer
… might occupy that space. Choosing a particular event—a holiday, a party, a funeral, a meeting—might work well, but …
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Tanka: Japanese Poetry
… spring activities and winter skies, fall trees and summer holidays and the list goes on and on. on (OH'N)—sound …
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The Freedom Riders and the Popular Music of the Civil Rights Movement
… Instructors can utilize this NPR podcast concerning Billie Holiday's use of the last song and this additional podcast …
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Unicorns, Dragons, and Other Magical Creatures
… by Geraldine McCaughrean and illustrated by Sophie Windham (Holiday House, 1997). Unicorn Dreams , written by Dyan …
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What Was Columbus Thinking?
… the appropriate teachers. Legislation: California SB-1490 Holidays: Columbus Day: Indigenous Peoples’ Day  (2018). …
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Stories in Quilts
… Resource Library, Chile -- Children's Literature and Holidays and Celebrations - Children's Literature , found …
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Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
… from books, movies, or in the context of the Thanksgiving holiday. This lesson helps dispel prevailing stereotypes and …
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It Came From Greek Mythology
… 1966 Fisher, Leonard Everett. Theseus & the Minotaur . Holiday, 1988. Fleischman, Paul. Dateline: Troy . …
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Frederick Douglass's, “What To the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
… but link nations together. From Boston to London is now a holiday excursion. Space is comparatively annihilated. …
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On the Home Front
… designed for those who want to send a message of support or holiday greeting to troops overseas. The "Any Servicemember" …